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Title
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Micilas absuelto por un singular prodigio va a Italia y funda la Ciudad de Crotona
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Description
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Myscelus, the founder of the city of Crotona, is depicted on the right side of the image with his hands bound by chains. Myscelus had been visited by the demi-God Hercules who instructed him to leave his native land. It was forbidden for Myscelus and his people to leave their native land and change nationalities, so Myscelus was on trial for his plans to leave. The townspeople used black and white pebbles to vote for or against conviction. There is a group of men depicted in the image sitting around a table and pouring out their marbles on to the table to see if Myscelus would be convicted or not. Hercules had intervened and changed all of the pebbles to reflect that Myscelus would not be convicted. He was freed and followed Hercules’ instructions and founded the city of Crotona.
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Image Creator
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D. José Assensio (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:25147
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Source Name
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Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Don Francisco Crivell [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian with Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell]
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Image
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Subject
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Myscelus
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Hercules
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Gods
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Mythology
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